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romney has made it official and picked paul ryan -- they are both good men. there are family men. they are both -- no. i do not need your boos. we need your help. i want to be straight with you. [applause] i have a bad reputation of being a straight. telling you what i think. all kidding aside. with picking paul ryan, what gov. romney did is he has given clear definition to all of the vague assertions he was making during his primary campaign. he talked a lot about a lot of the things paul ryan is talking about, but never with any detail. by picking paul ryan and buying out why he picked paul ryan, he picked him because he does represent the ideological -- how can i say this, the center of the republican party. he said, that is why i am taking paul ryan. now, we do not have to guess about what gov. romney means when he talks about medicare, social security, and education. it is almost like two incumbents running. paul ryan -- i mean this sincerely. paul ryan introduced a budget that past. it lays out in stark detail what they would do on everything from medicare to medicaid to soc
romney has made it official and picked paul ryan -- they are both good men. there are family men. they are both -- no. i do not need your boos. we need your help. i want to be straight with you. [applause] i have a bad reputation of being a straight. telling you what i think. all kidding aside. with picking paul ryan, what gov. romney did is he has given clear definition to all of the vague assertions he was making during his primary campaign. he talked a lot about a lot of the things paul ryan...
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it is not a coincidence that even the romney and obama are both free traders, romney is running ads of obama of outsourcing wind turbines to china. we have in soars to wind turbines from the rest of the world. -- insourced wind turbines from the rest of the world. we have doubled our manufacturing content made in the u.s. romney is doing a lot of china bashing. obama accused him of not being enough of a china basher in the past. ultimately after the election is over, i think the status quo will -- >> most people in washington, i think, a majority think that the biggest problem we have with respect to international global competition is our corporate tax rate. it is too high. it is riddled with all kinds of exemptions. i thought there was a fair amount of agreement that one of the things that should happen is that we need to reduce our rates and their rid of those exemptions. it would make our tax cut generally simple, easy to understand, and more competitive. it is a shame that that idea was alive for about three weeks and they got lost. we do have the highest corporate tax rate in the
it is not a coincidence that even the romney and obama are both free traders, romney is running ads of obama of outsourcing wind turbines to china. we have in soars to wind turbines from the rest of the world. -- insourced wind turbines from the rest of the world. we have doubled our manufacturing content made in the u.s. romney is doing a lot of china bashing. obama accused him of not being enough of a china basher in the past. ultimately after the election is over, i think the status quo will...
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is about 47 and the average for romney is about 40. romney has an improvement after the republican primary and it's been in place for months. the favorability in july is not all that predictive of who wins the election but favorability post september is, so if romney doesn't change in -- in every election since 176, the candidate who had favorability post september won the election so romney has a few months to change things but if he doesn't change things, wee keep the stability, that works to obama's advantage. guest: what we're going to see, it is going to be driven by the economy and you have 40 percent of the country today in poll after poll saying that barack obama has made the economy better. in our polling, he's getting 91 percent of that vote. you have 40 percent saying he's made the economy worse, romney is getting 91 percent of that vote. you have 20 percent in the middle who says he's had no impact. that 20 percent, romney is winning in our polling by 46-44, dead even race, most like the numbers nationally. that's where you
is about 47 and the average for romney is about 40. romney has an improvement after the republican primary and it's been in place for months. the favorability in july is not all that predictive of who wins the election but favorability post september is, so if romney doesn't change in -- in every election since 176, the candidate who had favorability post september won the election so romney has a few months to change things but if he doesn't change things, wee keep the stability, that works to...
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on c-span, both candidates on screen the entire debate. on c-span 2, followed either candidate. >> every year, members of the supreme court and other dignitaries gather for the red mask service in washington d.c. -- red mass series in washington d.c. it's began in 1953 to seek that consent blessings for those involved in the administration of the law. the name is derived from the red vestments worn by the clergy. ♪ >> cd first of the presidential debate, wednesday night's live on c-span. next, to end a day -- q & a. live at 1:00 p.m., journalists offer a citizen's back to watching the presidential debates. >> today, journalists will discuss how best to discuss -- how best to watch the upcoming presidential debates. it is supposed to offer a citizen's guide for understanding the debates. live at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c- span. >> there is a lot of research out there that mobil usage is higher among the communities than it is among white communities. i have seen some pretty startling research in some of these minority communities, 70% of the
on c-span, both candidates on screen the entire debate. on c-span 2, followed either candidate. >> every year, members of the supreme court and other dignitaries gather for the red mask service in washington d.c. -- red mass series in washington d.c. it's began in 1953 to seek that consent blessings for those involved in the administration of the law. the name is derived from the red vestments worn by the clergy. ♪ >> cd first of the presidential debate, wednesday night's live on...
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you can listen to ads on both sides today. romney says things are great. obama says things were not so great. he said, i did not actually run our investment. that was left to management. that was from mitt romney himself and that gives you a better idea. he had an umbrella investments and they took in money that had $1 million or more to invest. that fund invested in various companies -- sometimes, jobs were created. sometimes, they were lost. he did not go in there in most of these cases and run a company. he had an investment fund and his colleagues and the board of directors, they would direct strategy. it was not like his father, who ran american motors and turned it around. it is a different type of business. it is a leveraged buyout business where they are using debt to make profits for their investors. that is the detail that tells you exactly what he did. it is hard to explain in the campaign. it has been the tricky pivot for the obama campaign. they do not want to attack private equity. did you want to attack some specific deals that he did. it is
you can listen to ads on both sides today. romney says things are great. obama says things were not so great. he said, i did not actually run our investment. that was left to management. that was from mitt romney himself and that gives you a better idea. he had an umbrella investments and they took in money that had $1 million or more to invest. that fund invested in various companies -- sometimes, jobs were created. sometimes, they were lost. he did not go in there in most of these cases and...
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take mitt romney, for example. he lowered taxes the hard- working -- he pays lower taxes than hard working and middle income families. why is this the case? there are these loopholes that folks that are powerful to have their legion of lobbyists get written into the tax code. it is unfair. i do not think the tax season is during the greenbaay packers season. >> let's hope their plan in the super bowl. [laughter] >> i'm listening to each of you and hearing you say you did not want to raise taxes. is that accurate? >> i did not want to raise taxes. what to cut the programs by 5% across the board and give the secretaries the power to reorganize and eliminate programs. we get a grand deal so we can do it, i did simpson bowles has to be on the table. and what my plan on the table and sit down on a bipartisan basis. 60 votes will do it. you have to have some compromise. i'm going to washington to solve the problems, not delay them. a month to fix the problem, fix america to my children and grandchildren can inherit a cou
take mitt romney, for example. he lowered taxes the hard- working -- he pays lower taxes than hard working and middle income families. why is this the case? there are these loopholes that folks that are powerful to have their legion of lobbyists get written into the tax code. it is unfair. i do not think the tax season is during the greenbaay packers season. >> let's hope their plan in the super bowl. [laughter] >> i'm listening to each of you and hearing you say you did not want to...
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mitt romney and president obama 2012 campaign and the challenges of deficit reduction for both parties in congress. this is about one hour and a half. >> good morning everybody. thank you for joining us this morning. it is my pleasure to welcome you this morning. i think we will have an interesting and stimulating discussion on what we can expect for the remainder of 2012 at the upcoming election. thank you those of you toward joining us on our live video stream and our viewers on c-span this morning. we are grateful to charlie cook for briefing us this morning and tom davis for joining us this morning. they are all willing to take questions. please think about what you would like to ask them. we will have staff and the audience with microphones. please as questions distinctly. it usually helps to state your name and organization. finally, if you would not mind silencing yourself on so we can have uninterrupted discussions. we are gathered here this morning thanks to the thoughtful leadership of the united technology corp.. it is a diversified company comprised of several well-known br
mitt romney and president obama 2012 campaign and the challenges of deficit reduction for both parties in congress. this is about one hour and a half. >> good morning everybody. thank you for joining us this morning. it is my pleasure to welcome you this morning. i think we will have an interesting and stimulating discussion on what we can expect for the remainder of 2012 at the upcoming election. thank you those of you toward joining us on our live video stream and our viewers on c-span...
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they control both parties. it is absurd. what romney, five sons going to the military? of course not. that is for the middle-class boys were black, white, and hispanic. anybody who thinks differently is an idiot. host: i think we have a volunteer force for now. guest: the allegation that bush did all this is getting a little long. the liberal policy of affordable housing is the primary cause lead in the financial crisis. obama had his fingerprints all over that period they sold both in the secondary market. apart from that, we talk about the subsidies. we talk about bush lowering taxes. lower taxes yielded greater revenue. so there was no deficit there. while the iraq and get dennis than words were raging, bush's deficit had reduced to $160 billion, which is about a 10th of what obama's was in fiscal year 2011. it is specious to say that bush caused this, that he drew this, that his tax and military policies drove us over the brink. but in respect of all of that, i wish democrats and republicans would say, i don't care. president obama's position should become a key was
they control both parties. it is absurd. what romney, five sons going to the military? of course not. that is for the middle-class boys were black, white, and hispanic. anybody who thinks differently is an idiot. host: i think we have a volunteer force for now. guest: the allegation that bush did all this is getting a little long. the liberal policy of affordable housing is the primary cause lead in the financial crisis. obama had his fingerprints all over that period they sold both in the...
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even going back to the 2008 cycle, both senator obama at the time as well as governor romney coming through iowa. spending time with the editorial board. we've talked with the candidates, we've explored and scrutinized the platforms and their various positions. are there endorsements that matter, i think it do. it's part of our tradition. we take very seriousing, first in the nation status of caucus state. we take serious able to vet candidates. many of whom really not on the national radar screen until after they emerge from iowa. it's a place where you have formal interviews, formal meetings inquestions and answers and issues and campaigns. as well as very informal opportunity to sit down to talk about what's in front of us in terms of americans. what are the different positions for that. i do think our endorsement matters. we proudly spent a lot of time very diligent, very thoughtful and all of our conversations particularly the final one to make the decision to support governor romney. >> we talking to rick green the editor of the des moines register. let me ask you about that process.
even going back to the 2008 cycle, both senator obama at the time as well as governor romney coming through iowa. spending time with the editorial board. we've talked with the candidates, we've explored and scrutinized the platforms and their various positions. are there endorsements that matter, i think it do. it's part of our tradition. we take very seriousing, first in the nation status of caucus state. we take serious able to vet candidates. many of whom really not on the national radar...
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they are playing good cop/bad cop. >> romney did not represent me as a single mother. he does not represent my daughters. i don't think that he has our best interests at heart. like the democrats and like president obama does. >> in four weeks, the first of the presidential debate, live on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. watch and engage. >> next a discussion about energy issues and the 2012 campaign. after that, examining the relevance of al-qaeda today. then u.s. security and counterterrorism efforts. now a discussion about energy issues and the 2012 presidential campaign. from "washington journal" this is just under an hour. host: can we have our guests here with us today. thank you for being here. mr. carpinsky, let's start with you. guest: it is a choice who will lead the consumer friday for the next 30 years. president obama has been a leader in a new energy future. that's the future. we need to reduce our dependence on oil. we need clean sources, renewables. he's done a lot of that in the first four years. we need to keep moving forward. unfortunately, mr.
they are playing good cop/bad cop. >> romney did not represent me as a single mother. he does not represent my daughters. i don't think that he has our best interests at heart. like the democrats and like president obama does. >> in four weeks, the first of the presidential debate, live on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. watch and engage. >> next a discussion about energy issues and the 2012 campaign. after that, examining the relevance of al-qaeda today. then u.s....